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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Leyton 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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44
Refuse Dumps.
No complaints were received during the year regarding the
refuse dump in Lammas Road. The dump is now nearly filled in,
and plans are to be deposited for the erection of factories on this
site.

Table: SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors:—

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.

The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors:—

Number of dwelling-houses inspected3,640
Number of house-to-house inspections980
Miscellaneous inspections457
Re-inspections9,460
Piggeries15
Petroleum stores216
Places of entertainment42
Schools54
Stables83
Public conveniences75
Urinals260
Inspections under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act467
Visits in connection with infectious disease552
Workshops83
Factories87
Outworkers' premises200
Rag and bone dealers2
Foster Mothers' premises89
Hairdressers' premises180

Table: Nature of Work Executed and Improvements Effected in Dwelling-houses and other Premises under the Provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts.

Nature of Work Executed and Improvements Effected in Dwelling-houses and other Premises under the Provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts.

Dampness remedied478
Sashcords renewed226
Plaster repaired799
Roofs repaired or renewed520
Guttering repaired or renewed222
Yards paved131
Drains relaid or partly relaid284
Choked drains cleared106
New w.c. pan and traps provided108
Sinks provided84
W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed79